Two first-half goals from Scott McTominay helped Napoli to a 2-0 home win against Torino in Serie A on Sunday as the hosts reclaimed the sole lead in the standings with four games left to play.
Napoli are three points above the defending champions, Inter, who were handed a 1-0 home defeat by Roma earlier in the day. Napoli raced to a seventh-minute lead through McTominay, who bundled the ball in from close range before doubling the advantage just before half-time from a neat lofted cross by Matteo Politano.
Inter, who bowed out of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday with a 3-0 semi-final second-leg defeat by Milan, suffered their third loss in a week as their treble bid risks coming apart. Inter began brightly against Roma, with Davide Frattesi finding the net but the goal was ruled out for offside and the hosts lost the defender Benjamin Pavard early to injury. The Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar was swiftly out of his area to head the ball away with Hakan Calhanoglu chasing down on goal, and after Inter’s early surge the visitors began to take control.
After Kouadio Koné shot wide from just outside the area, Roma took the lead in the 22nd minute. Lorenzo Pellegrini’s effort from outside the box was blocked down in the area but the ball ended up at the feet of Matías Soulé who netted from the edge of the six-yard box. Minutes later, Roma had a chance to double their lead with Pellegrini crossing into the area but Bryan Cristante put his shot wide.
Roma piled forward and the Inter defender Carlos Augusto made a sliding clearance from Angelino’s ball across the goal with Eldor Shomurodov ready to tap in at the back post, and with Inter rarely threatening the hosts went in behind at the break.
Inter pushed hard in the second half, desperately seeking an equaliser but lacked any real cutting edge close to goal. Calhanoglu drilled just wide from distance, Denzel Dumfries had a header at the back post saved by Svilar and Nicolò Barella fired wide from the edge of the six-yard box.
Atalanta were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Lecce, as Mateo Retegui’s second-half penalty for the hosts cancelled out Jesper Karlsson’s spot-kick for the visitors. The result leaves third-placed Atalanta looking nervously over their shoulders as the battle for a top-four finish heats up. Atalanta have 65 points with four games left, three points ahead of fourth-placed Juventus after their earlier win over Monza, while Bologna are two points further adrift in fifth but with a game in hand.
Goals from Christian Pulisic and Santiago Giménez earned Milan a 2-0 win at Venezia, to leave the hosts ever closer to relegation despite a battling performance.
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Yeremy Pino’s second-half strike was enough for Villarreal to beat Espanyol 1-0 in a La Liga game rescheduled from March because of bad weather. Nicolas Pépé set up Pino to score in the 52nd minute, snapping Villarreal’s two-game winless streak in the league. The win left Villarreal in fifth, five points behind Athletic Bilbao.
Bochum remain bottom of the Bundesliga after a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin that brought relegation a step closer as its rivals all won. Matus Bero cancelled Benedict Hollerbach’s first-half strike for Union when he equalised on the rebound after Frederik Rønnow saved his penalty.
But it wasn’t enough to lift Bochum off the bottom, after Holstein Kiel and Heidenheim won on Saturday. With three games remaining, Bochum are on 21 points, below Kiel on 22 and Heidenheim on 25.
